
The role of team principal is expected to be taken by Frenchman Frederic Vasseur, the boss of the successful ART team in the GP2 feeder category. The 2017 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 71st season of Formula One motor racing.It featured the 68th Formula One World Championship, a motor racing championship for Formula One cars which is recognised by the sports governing body, the Fédération Internationale de lAutomobile (FIA), as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars.
2016 F1 SEASON DRIVERS
Both drivers were signed by Lotus while the Renault takeover was still in doubt.
2016 F1 SEASON DRIVER
The Renault drivers for next season will be Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado and British rookie Jolyon Palmer, who was the Lotus reserve driver this season. British rookie Jolyon Palmer will drive for Renault next season It contains the graph to see the season progression and the F1 table with the results in both points and positions. This is the F1 driver standings season 2016.

Renault's buy-out of Lotus was in doubt following a row over prize money with F1 commercial boss Bernie Ecclestone.īut an agreement was reached and some sources say Renault will commit to F1 until 2024. The formula 1 season section provides the possibility to compare different points systems for a specific season and see the resulting F1 standings. The first part of the 2016 F1 season was positive.

We were among the teams who opted to do so, switching from Renault to the 2015 Ferrari 060 Power Unit in our car, the STR11. Red Bull had a contract with Renault external-link until the end of 2016 but broke this off in the summer in order to seek a different engine. In the 2016 F1 World Championship, the sporting regulations allowed customer teams to be supplied with 2015 Power Units. Renault and Red Bull won four world driver and constructor doubles together from 2010-2013 but tension grew following the engine builder's inability to produce a competitive power-unit under the new turbo hybrid formula introduced at the start of 2014. However, following the breakdown of its relationship with Red Bull, the French manufacturer has decided the best course of action is to run its own team once more. Renault entered F1 in 1977 with driver Jean-Pierre Jabouille, seen here at Long Beach during the 1978 United States Grand Prix West Renault sold the team to investment group Genii Capital at the end of 2009 after deciding to quit as a constructor, although it remained involved as an engine builder. They have won four F1 drivers' titles - two as Benetton with Michael Schumacher in 19, and two as Renault with Fernando Alonso in 20.Īn insolvency petition that would have put the team into administration was formally dismissed.

The move ends months of speculation and secures the future of the team based in Enstone in Oxfordshire.
